Daily+Agendas+-+March+2012

=Daily Agendas -- March 2012=

[ 03.30.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Spring Break" -- What are your plans over spring break? Describe them in as much detail as possible. (For an extra challenge, do so in poem form.)
 * Share current events
 * Read TKAM
 * Homework:
 * Read TKAM ch. 13-23
 * Complete bookmarks for the following sections (six bookmarks total): 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, 19-20, 21-22, and 23

[ 03.29.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Someone else's shoes" -- Do you think Scout has taken Atticus' advice about walking in someone else's shoes (i.e. seeing things from someone else's point of view)? If so, explain; give an example from the book that shows this. If not, explain a situation where you think Scout should have done so.
 * Continue discussing questions about TKAM
 * Homework:
 * Read TKAM chapter 12 and complete a bookmark
 * Finish current event

[ 03.28.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "To kill a mockingbird" -- In last night's reading, Atticus told Scout that "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (90). Why does Atticus consider this a sin? (Read Scout's conversation with Miss Maudie in this chapter for more information.) What do you think he's really trying to tell Scout? Is he only concerned with mockingbirds, or could it mean something more?
 * Share shoe activity creative writing
 * Discuss questions about TKAM reading so far
 * Homework:
 * Read TKAM ch. 11 and complete a bookmark
 * Current event due Friday

[ 03.27.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "TKAM questions" -- What questions do you have about the novel so far? Is there anything you're having trouble understanding, or anything you'd like clarification or more information about? If you don't have any questions of your own, what questions do you think others might have?
 * Literary Magazinereport-outs
 * Layout dept. -- page layouts and submission arrangements
 * Art dept. -- cover designs
 * PWT for shoe activity
 * Discuss TKAM reading so far (using study questions if necessary)
 * Homework:
 * Read TKAM ch. 10 and complete bookmark
 * Finish shoe activity final draft
 * Current event due Friday

[ 03.26.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Tense shift review" -- Answer both parts:
 * Explain what //tense shift// is in your own words. (Remember that //verb tense// is the grammatical term referring to when an action occurs.)
 * Write two sentences that contain tense shift errors.
 * Mini-lesson: tense shift review
 * Peer conferencing for shoe activity
 * PWT for shoe activity
 * Homework:
 * Read TKAM ch. 9 and complete a bookmark
 * Next Literary Magazine deadline is tomorrow -- check the Lit Mag Wiki for more details
 * Shoe activity final draft due Wednesday
 * Current event due Friday

[ 03.23.2012 ]

 * Family celebration day
 * Duct Tape Your Teacher
 * Car Smash
 * Fitness Friday
 * Homework: read TKAM ch. 7-8 and complete one bookmark for this section

[ 03.22.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Literary Magazine status check" -- What does your department still need to accomplish for the next Literary Magazine deadline (March 27)?
 * PWT for Literary Magazine and/or shoe activity
 * Homework:
 * Read TKAM chapter 6
 * Finish current event
 * Shoe activity rough draft due Monday

[ 03.21.2012 ]

 * Continue Literary Magazine conferences
 * Begin shoe activity
 * Homework:
 * Read TKAM chapter 5
 * Current event due Friday
 * Shoe activity rough draft due Monday

[ 03.20.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Favorite character" -- Who is your favorite character in the story so far? Why?
 * Discuss TKAM character chart
 * Literary Magazine conferences
 * Homework:
 * Read TKAM chapter 4
 * Current event due Friday

[ 03.19.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "TKAM first impressions" -- What do you think of the novel so far? Which characters do you like/dislike, and why? What do you predict will happen in the chapters to come?
 * Begin completing TKAM character chart
 * Literary Magazine status check and work time
 * Homework:
 * Read TKAM chapter 3
 * Literary Magazine tasks due tomorrow (see the Literary Magazine assignment page or wiki for more information)
 * Current event due Friday

[ 03.16.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Imitation feedback" -- What did you enjoy about this assignment? What did you find challenging? What would you change about it?
 * Share "Theme for English B" imitations
 * Discuss //TKAM// anticipation guide
 * Homework: read //TKAM// ch. 1-2

[ 03.15.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Perspective" -- Write about a time that you were able to better understand a situation by making yourself see someone else's side of things. Explain the situation and its outcome in detail. If you haven't experienced this, write about a time when it would have been helpful to do so.
 * Literary Magazine status check
 * Complete To Kill A Mockingbird anticipation guide and sign out books
 * Homework:
 * Finish "Theme for English B" imitation
 * Finish //TKAM// anticipation guide (Part One only)

[ 03.14.2012 ]

 * Finish peer conferences from yesterday if necessary
 * Work on Literary Magazine
 * Choose a department head. This person will be responsible for completing a brief summary of the group's work at each meeting, and will also be the primary point of contact for status checks by Mr. Smith. Bold this person's name on the staff listing on your class page of the Literary Magazine Wiki.
 * Begin working on your department's tasks (listed on the home page of the Lit Mag Wiki, as well as on the Literary Magazine assignment page).
 * Department heads: complete the Lit Mag meeting report at the end of the period.
 * Homework: "Theme for English B" imitation final draft due Friday

[ 03.13.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Final nine weeks" -- We're in the home stretch! As you begin the final nine-week period of the year, take a moment to reflect by answering each of the questions below.
 * What successes (pluses) did you have during the last nine weeks? Describe in detail.
 * What changes (deltas) do you want to make during the next nine weeks? Describe in detail.
 * What is/are your goal(s) for this nine-week period? Describe in detail.
 * Mini-lesson: verb tense
 * Literary Magazine update
 * Peer conferencing for "Theme for English B" imitations
 * PWT for "Theme for English B" imitations
 * Homework:
 * Create your page on the Literary Magazine Wiki and upload your submission
 * "Theme for English B" imitation final drafts due Friday
 * No current event this week

[ 03.09.2012 ]

 * QUIZ: Run-ons
 * PWT for "Theme for English B" imitations
 * Homework: "Theme for English B" imitation rough drafts due Tuesday

[ 03.08.2012 ]

 * BLUFF (review run-ons for quiz tomorrow)
 * PWT for "Theme for English B" imitations
 * Homework:
 * Study run-ons for tomorrow's quiz (use the Grammar Bytes slideshow and the Grammar Girl podcast)
 * Finish current events

[ 03.07.2012 ]
//Hi students --// //Sorry I'm not at school today. As you could probably tell from listening to me yesterday, I'm not feeling all that well. I'm taking the day to rest and get better. It should go without saying that I expect you all to be on your best behavior for the sub. I don't expect to hear that you were anything less than perfect when I return. Thanks in advance for being great and using your work time today wisely. See you tomorrow.// //-- Mr. Smith//
 * PWT for "Theme for English B" imitation
 * Homework:
 * Current event due Friday
 * Run-ons quiz Friday
 * "Theme for English B" imitation rough draft due Tuesday, March 13

[ 03.06.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Best Lit Mag submission" -- Which of your Literary Magazine submissions are you most proud of? Why?
 * Share Literary Magazinesubmissions
 * Choose either #2 or #3 to share with your group
 * Give one plus and one delta to each author
 * Literary Magazine project update -- next steps
 * Introduce the "Theme for English B" imitation assignment
 * Homework:
 * "Theme for English B" imitation rough draft due Tuesday, March 13
 * Current event due Friday
 * Run-ons quiz Friday

[ 03.05.2012 ]

 * Warm-up: "Raleigh field trip plus/delta" -- Complete a plus/delta evaluation for the field trip. What did you like/dislike? What were your favorite and least favorite parts? What did you think of the reflection prompts (i.e. the brochure)? Overall, what would you keep, and what would you change? If you didn't go on the trip, write in detail about what you did while we were gone.
 * Mini-lesson: run-on sentences review -- Complete the 1-2-3 organizer:
 * 1 explanation of what a run-on sentence is in your own words
 * 2 examples of run-on sentences (preferably one comma splice and one fused sentence)
 * 3 methods for fixing run-on sentences
 * Discuss Langston Hughes poems ("I, Too" and "Theme for English B") and compare/contrast/relate them to Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing"
 * Homework:
 * Current event due Friday
 * Run-on sentences quiz on Friday

[ 03.02.2012 ]

 * Raleigh field trip, day two -- NC Museum of Natural Science, NC Museum of History, and Morehead Planetarium (at UNC Chapel Hill)
 * Students not attending the field trip should use their time at school to get caught up on any missing work, quiz corrections, or paper/project revisions

[ 03.01.2012 ]

 * Raleigh field trip, day one -- NC State tour and //The Addams Family// at the Durham Performing Arts Center
 * Students not attending the field trip should use their time at school to get caught up on any missing work, quiz corrections, or paper/project revisions